Portable electric air heater



March 4, 1930. A. T. LINC C UM v PORTABLE ELECTRIC AIR HEATER,

Filed March 20, 1929 I I F.

g/QQ 2 gwuentoac .Patented Mar. 4, 1930 i v UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce ADDISON TURNEY LINCECUM, OF EL CAMEO, TEXAS PORTABLE ELECTRIC AIR HEATER,

Application filed March 20, 1929. Serial No. 348,595.

This invention relates to improvements in position within the casing. Any suitable heaters, and more particularly to an immeans may be employed for securing the moproved form of electric heater which may tor to the frame, in order that the same may be placed in a room to heat and circulate air be removed when desired. A motor shaft 6 through the same. extends through the motor 5, and supports 55 An object of the invention is to provide at either end thereof, the fans or propellers 7, an improved portable electric air heater which are adapted to draw in the air through which will be so constructed that airwill be the enlarged intake passages 8, disposed in drawn into the central portion of the heater, circular arrangement about the center of the wand after being heated will be discharged casing. 69 from a plurality of ports adjacent the top The air deflecting cones 9 are arranged at andbottom of the said heater. either end of the casing 1 and are so posi- A further object of the invention is to protioned that their points extend to within a vide an improved portable electric air heater short distance from the fans or propellers 7.

which will heat air and circulate the same Suitable clips 10 are formed on the points of 65 through a room, and which will be provided the cones 9 and removably and detachably wit-h suitable means whereby the amount of support the heating elements 11. Guard heated air circulated may be increased or deplates 12 are secured to the inner wall of creased according to the desire of the person the casing 1, and extend in parallel relation operating the heater. 1 and in spaced relation to the annular sur- 7Q A still further object of the invention is to faces of the cones 9, whereby positive paths provide an improved port-able electric air will be formed for the air after the same has heater which will be highly efficient in use been heated by coming in contact with the and quite inexpensive to manufacture. heating'elements 11. A plurality of outlets Other objects will appear as the descrip- 13 will be formed adjacent the upper and tion proceeds. lower ends of the casing 1, at the outer ends In the accompanying drawingswhich form of the paths formed by the cooperating walls a part of my application. of the cones and guard plates.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my lmproved Suitableswitches 14 will be positioned on v portable electric air heater; the outer surface of the casing 1 to turn on 80 Figure 2 is a sectional View taken On the and 0d the electricity to the heating elements 1 line 2-2 of Figure 1, and t 11, while a rheostat 15 will be placed adja- Figure 3 is a wiring diagram of the cm cent the switches to regulate the speed of the cuits used in the heater, showing the switches motor, thereby selectively regulating the and rheostat for controlling the same. amountof air which is heated and circun 85 Figure 4 is a detail of theheatlng element lated. g and supporting means. The wiring diagram for the heating ele- Like characters of reference are used ments and the rheostat controlled motor has throughout the following specificatl n and been illustrated in detail in Figure?) of the the accompanying drawings to designate cordrawings and since the same discloses cirresponding parts. cuits well lrnown to any electriciamit is My improved portable electric heater cornbelieved that no :turther explanation of the prises a substantially round casing 1,,which same is necessary. I

is supported upon suitable legs 2, and is From the foregoing description, it willbe provided with a handle 3 at the top thereof apparent that the portable electric heater 9 whereby the same may easily and readily be may be carried from room to room or from carried from place to place. place place, as the same is quite compact A spider or frame 4 is mounted across the and is of little weight. When it is desired central portion of the casing 1, and is adaptto heat a room, it is only necessary to close ed to support an'electric motor 5 in vertical the switches to the heating elements and start bottom of the casing. In this manner, the

the electric motor, whereupon the air from the room will be drawn into the central part of the casing, and will be directed over the heating elements where it will be heated, after which, it will be discharged at considerable velocity out of the outlet ports at the top and air in a room may quickly be heated to the desired temperature, and the amount of heated air circulated may readily be varied by speeding up or slowing down the motor by use of the rheostat.

It will be understood that the heating elements and motor will be connected with any suitable source of electric supply, as for example, a floor plug connected to the house wiring system.

Many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what Iiclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Eatent of the United States is:

A portable electric air heater comprising a casing, a motor having fans at its opposite ends positioned at the central portion of said casing, heating elements above and below said motor, cone-shaped air deflecting members in the upper and lower ends of said casing provided with means for supporting said heating elements, and annularly arranged inlet passages disposed at the central portion of said casing and annular outlet passages at the top and bottom of said casing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ADDISON TURNEY LINCECUM. 

